The use of a single large dose of pain medication to establish analgesia prior to patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)is known as:

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This is known as a loading dose, as it "loads" the patient with a sufficient amount of pain medication to establish analgesia before the patient is able to self-administer medication through the PCA pump.

The Use of a Single Large Dose of Pain Medication